slice

plural slices

1. That which is thin and broad.

   I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin.

   1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

2. A thin, broad piece cut off.

   Jim was munching on a slice of toast.

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   a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread

   Synonyms: cutting, snippet, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb

3. colloquialAn amount of anything.

   Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large slice of fortune.

   2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC

4. A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.

   For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.

   2010, Andrea Renzoni, Eric Renzoni, Fuhgeddaboudit!, page 22

5. UKA snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

   I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.

6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
8. A salver, platter, or tray.
9. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
10. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
11. mediaA removable sliding bottom to a galley.
12. golfA shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.

    Synonyms: banana ball, banana slice

13. ball gamesA kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
14. AustraliaNew ZealandUKAny of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
15. medicineA section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
16. falconryA hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
17. computingA contiguous portion of an array.

present singular third person slices · participle present slicing · participle past sliced · past sliced

1. transitiveTo cut into slices.

   Slice the cheese thinly.

2. transitiveTo cut with an edge using a drawing motion.

   The knife left sliced his arm.

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   How could it all be / We've never been dead / But never awake from this dream / How could it all be / We've never been dead / Just mirrors running scared / Slicing wrists while we look for our own mortality / All the lights went out cold / Shadow covers the soul / Essence of the world made ceremonial / Now we all wait for the demise / What was the question? / Why do you need an answer? / You make me nauseous

   2013 March 12, “Prancer”, in Greg Puciato (lyrics), One of Us Is the Killer, performed by The Dillinger Escape Plan

3. transitiveTo clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
4. transitivebadmintonTo hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
5. transitivegolfTo hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
6. transitivehobbiesTo angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
7. transitiveball gamesTo kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.

   Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.

   2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 – 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport

8. transitivehobbiesTo hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

1. not comparablemathematicsHaving the properties of a slice knot.

1. A surname.